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UK: Poor ticket sales following technical problems spell the end for Concorde, icon of the skies. [Guardian Unlimited] Remarkably ahead of its time .< 1:09:50 AM  >Playground bombing injures 20 Palestinians World: A bomb, which may have been planted by Jewish extremists, exploded in a West Bank school playground yesterday, injuring 20 Palestinian children. [Guardian Unlimited] .< 12:27:57 AM >Scott Rosenberg : "The reason we went... Scott Rosenberg: "The reason we went to war in the first place remains strangely elusive." [Scripting News] .< 12:24:13 AM >The Onion | Bush Subconsciously Sizes Up Spain For Invasion 'Powell said that upon returning home from the Azores summit, Bush continued to insist that "there is some big oil-producing nation that speaks Spanish." "I told him he must be thinking of Venezuela," Powell said. "They are very rich in oil. So now he wants a full report on Venezuela by Monday. Ever since this war with Iraq, he's been a real geography buff."' The Onion! .< 12:13:25 AM >Wireless Really Goes to Work In hospitals, at conferences, on farms and at theme parks, people are putting wireless technology to work in unprecedented ways. By Jessie Scanlon from Wired magazine. [Wired News] .< 12:09:13 AM >Western Digital offers 7200RPM 250GB FireWire drive... Western Digital offers 7200RPM 250GB FireWire drive [MacCentral] .< 12:06:52 AM >Arabs Shocked, Relieved at Baghdad's Fall It was a day of raw emotion across the Arab world, a historic day with elation, sadness, disbelief, anger and shock all blending as the government of Saddam Hussein seemed to come crashing down. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] .< 12:06:29 AM >Iraq's weapons 'must be found' Donald Rumsfeld says finding Iraq's alleged banned weapons is still imperative - though evidence they exist is still thin. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 12:03:53 AM >An end to 30 years of brutal rule Suzanne Goldenberg, twice British journalist of the year, has spent 10 weeks in Baghdad as Saddam Hussein's regime passed from defiance to denial. Now she reports on yesterday's final defeat in the city. [Guardian Unlimited] '"This is the price of freedom, between you and me," he said. "This son of a bitch destroyed us. Ariel Sharon - all the dictators in the world - become angels beside him." [...]A few Iraqis, watching the chaotic and emotionally charged scenes at Firdouz Square, and the ritualised toppling of the statue of Saddam, grew silent, and edged away from the crowd. "Can you believe it?" said one man, holding his four-year-old son close to his side. It was impossible to read the emotions flickering across his face. "People are happy. I am not sure." He sighed, and nudged his chin in the direction of the American tanks. "Shit, all of these problems because of Saddam. They are going to stay forever, these Americans."' Joy and fear. Momentous changes. |
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